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Zingiber montanum  

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Brief:

Flowering class: Monocot Habit: Herb

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Distribution:

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Global Distribution

India. Cultivated in Tropical Asia

Indian distribution

State - Kerala, District/s: Kottayam, Palakkad, Kollam, Kannur, Wayanad

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Diagnostic:

"Rhizome thick, 1-2 cm, perennial, fleshy, horizontal, aromatic, yellow inside. Leafy shoots 1-1.5 m high. Leaves subsessile; ligule very short, 2 mm long, bilobed, pubescent; lamina 20-40 x 3-4 cm, linear-lanceolate, tip acute, base slightly rounded, upper glabrous, lower surface pubescent. Inflorescence borne separately from the leafy shoot; peduncle 10-25 cm long, clothed with pubescent sheaths; spike c. 6-8 x 4 cm, ovate, deep red. Bracts 3-3.5 x 3-3.6 cm, broadly ovate, subacute with a narrow membranous margin, purplish-brown, pubescent. Bracteole 2-2.5 x 1.2-1.5 cm, obtuse, 3-toothed. Calyx c. 1.5 cm long, truncate, white, membranous, unilaterally split, glabrous. Corolla tube 2.3-2.5 cm long, pale yellow; lobes lanceolate, pale yellow; dorsal lobe 3.2 x 1.5 cm, cymbiform; lateral lobes 2.5 x 1 cm, linear-lanceolate, reflexed. Labellum 3-lobed, c. 2.5 cm wide, yellowish-white, suborbicular, apex emarginate with crisped margins. Lateral lobes c. 8 x 5 mm, obliquely obovate, erect. Filament short; anther-thecae c. 1 cm; crest longer than the thecae. Style long, filiform, stigma obconic, margin ciliate. Epigynous glands linear, free from each other. Ovary 3-4 mm long, pubescent. Capsule c. 1.5 cm in diameter, ovoid. Seeds very small, purple."

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General Habitat:

Along stream in evergreen forests

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Cyclicity:

Flowering and fruiting: April-May

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Barcode data: Zingiber purpureum:

The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.


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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Zingiber purpureum:

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 1
Specimens with Barcodes: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1

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Rhizome: Mixed with other herbs in a remedy for stomachache and cramps.

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Zingiber cassumunar:

Zingiber cassumunar is a species of plant in the galangal family. It is a relative of ginger. The rhizomes (root) of variant Roxburgh is used medicinally in masssage and even in food in Thailand, called plai (ไพล), and somewhat resembles ginger root or galangal.[1]

In fact, in Thailand there are three names, (ว่านไฟ wan-fai) in Isan language and (ปูเลย bpulai) in Northern Thai language.

A Japanese scientific paper studying the plant concluded that (E)-1-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)but-1-ene was an active ingredient having analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties.[2] Separate research discovered that substance zerumbone contained in the plant also has antifungal properties against pathogenic fungi.[3]

The plant also contains the essential oils sabinene 31-48%, terpineol 4-30%.[1], and apparently unique Curcuminoid antioxidants, namely Cassumunarin types A, B, and C.[4]

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Common Names:

Surinam Javan: bengle.

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